July 10, 2006
Driving Safety Home States, not the federal government, should impose teen license laws. - THEY MIGHT make it harder to get home from the prom, but tough driver's license rules for teenagers can make roads safer. Graduated driver's license programs -- which restrict when and with whom teenagers can get behind the wheel -- reduce fatal crashes involving 16-year-olds an average of 11 percent, according to a study released this month by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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July 6, 2006
21 Traffic Deaths On Virginia Highways During July 4 Holiday Weekend - RICHMOND - Eight drivers, eight passengers and five pedestrians were killed in 17 traffic crashes on Virginia's highways during the five-day statistical counting period for the 2006 Fourth of July holiday, according to preliminary data. In 2005, 16 were killed statewide in traffic crashes during the four-day Independence Day holiday weekend.
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June 30, 2006
20% of fatal crashes involve young drivers - Drivers ages 16 to 20 are involved in 20 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States, but make up just six percent of the driving population, according to a report released yesterday, ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend.
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June 22, 2006
Teen Driving Restrictions Reduce Crashes - A new teen driving study confirms late-night and passenger-restriction laws like those in the District, Maryland and Virginia are making a big difference.

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